Great.Grandmothers Salmon soup
It brings me childhood memories and it has great story
behind.
Most important, My dear dear Grandmother taught me how to do this, as I have been cooking this so many times with her, and she had learned it from her mother, Aina-Augusta Lindgren, who was daughter of fisherman born in Jyllviken, small island on front of the Ekenäs, in south Finland.
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| Here is my Grandmother Helvi |
My Great-Grandmothers mother has made soup same way, and has cooked even for P.E.Svinhufvud (he was later President of Finland) who returned from
imprisonment in Siberia, after “February´s Revolution. He returned to
Finland on March 1917 and train that brought him back home, stopped at
Riihimäki, city near Helsinki, where he was received home as a hero, and welcome
dinner was cooked by my Great Grandmother, Aina-Augusta. Young Swedish
speaking Aina-Augusta made Fish Soup for him and what I heard from my
Grandmothers stories, he was moved to tears from such a great food. He thanked my Great Grandmother in person,
giving flowers that where laid on the table and said: I don´t have anything else to give, but
these flowers and my humble gratitude, and bowed to her.
It has been great story, but also amazing dish in my family
and here is the recipe!
You need;
8 big potatoes
3 big carrots
1 big onion
good bunch of dill
5dl Double cream
2 Fish Stock cubes( I
used 2 stock cubes)
Salt
Whole Black peppers
Butter
Fresh Salmon ( I normally by half a fish, big filet)
1 small pack of Cold smoked Salmon ( those thin slices that
are sold in supermarkets)
1. Peel carrots, and cut them in to thin
slices/coins, (about 5mm thick max.)
put them in to BIG saucepan and put just that much water that
carrots are covered and let them boil in mean while , when you do next step.
2. Peel potatoes and cut them in to nice “mouthful”
size of pieces.
Add them in to water where carrots have
been boiling for a while already.
It is important you add everything in given order as some of the
ingredients needs longer time to be done.
Add more water, try to use as
little water as possible meaning: use just that much that all the veggies are
under water, not more.
3. Peel onion, and cut it in to think rings
and spread on top of the other ingredients, add
1 Fish stock cube first, about 8 whole black peppers, or more if you
like peppers, and cut small pieces half of the dill you have. ( save other half
for later.
4. When potatoes are starting to be done, you
add first those thin slices of cold smoked salmon, to give your soup lovely
smoky aroma ( that is key ingredient in this soup) and then, add salmon, that
you have cut in to nice size pieces, that are nice on a spoon, with piece of
potato or carrot when you eat..
5. Add in good big spoonful of salted butter
and, whole of the double cream.
Let the soup boil as long as potatoes,
and salmon is cooked, serve with fresh dill on top.
Waitrose is selling thing called “Finn
Crisps” they go really well with the soup, just add salted butter on top!
Nice Crip whitewine goes really well with
this creamy soup.
